Latest Photoshoot BTS
Easter
My main aims over the easter break are to firstly, bring my sketchbook structure up to date. Although this doesn’t seem like the most urgent activity. I have learnt from previous projects that getting my sketchbook up to date allows me to gain clarity and focus on my final outcome from the project, I believe this is because it allows me to feel my thoughts are more organised as I can see my ideas and research laid out physically and ordered in stead of scattered in my head, this allows me to make the most sense out of them and connect them to each other, my existing work and research.
Secondly I want to have the drafts for at least solid skeletons or Lichen, the Oak and Year of the Rabbit complete text wise. As well as 2 of the shoots done and ready to edit. I intend on using my extension so am currently working towards the 19th May as my final deadline however, I want to have my shoots ready well in advance so I can get good feedback and advice from my tutors.
When returning – Solid structure.
Working with my level 4 – Where I am now
I created this slideshow to currate sources, points of reference and key points of my project so far for Evie in order to get a better understanding of the direction. But in reflection this was benificial for me also as it allowed me to step back and look at my project from a wider context and outsiders perspective. From this I realised that I need to narrow down my idea to get a clearer more efficiant direction moving forward. Looking at my work so far I feel moving away from using water on location would narrow in the woodland and tree styling narrative I am hoping to achieve. I will do this by shooting in more dense wood areas.
Hannah Saltdean Shoot:
This week Hannah and I took advantage of the sunny weather and headed down to salt dean beach to take some pictures of the beach in good light. As this shoot was spontaneous my planning was limited but I went with an Alice in Wonderland inspired context in mind. Posing Hannah as if she had fallen onto the rock, or was lying down dreaming on them. I also wanted to experiment with the concept of brining the inside outside. Positioning Hannah on a vintage rug. In reflection better future planning would allow me to put more consideration into the shoots styling and working out how the model could interact with the environment better.
=Week Beginning 6th February 2022
This week I am aiming to complete the the first flat plan of my lookbook, aiming to reach out from the 8th Feb, in order to start reaching out to people for shoots.
Work in Progress Exhibition Reflection
I found the work in progress exhibition really benifitical in seeing how we engage with work in an exhbition space and how different art can be interpreted in different spaces.
For my wip I wanted to encapsulate my interest in fashion photography with an early stage image from the investigation project and introduce layering of natural objects, I did this by creating a frame from undyed strings and sticks, to show the relationship and layering between the nature to human touch to digital and reintroducing the sticks over the top.I wanted this to be tactile so much as visual, allowing the viewer to touch the sticks as if they are stepping into the picture. The inlucisivty of touch and the natural world is something I feel could be improved by working using a larger scale.
Continue using natural objects but within the garmenet styling within the shoot its self looking at the concept and trned of “Scavenged Beauty” that according to WGSN has developed from Mudlarking a niche activity that became popular during the Covid-Pandemic. Old found objects to create new things – using what we have – digging for exisiting objects to find unique ones.
First FMP Group Tutorial and 2023 Day back
Today we met in our tutorial groups to discuss our ideas and reflect on our thoughts post Christmas break.
Discussing our ideas and what we are all wanted to get out of our group tutorials helped to wipe down a clean slate moving into FMP.
My key point was support and the contribution of fresh ideas and discussion to avoid getting buried and have blinkers on one idea, to stop me from limiting my concept.
To Do This Week:
- 2 Reference Points
- Ellie Tsatsou Podcast episode 2
Things I have been enjoying researchin this week:
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr.Fox – More Stop Frame animation, Subtle Politics, Anthropomorphism
Ancient Oaks and Woodlands
To consider:
How can I link this to Fashion and my ideas?